CAREN PISTORIUS

HIGH GROUND (2021)
Starring Simon Baker, Callan Mulvey, Jack Thompson, Aaron Pedersen, Caren Pistorius, Ryan Corr, Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Esmerelda Marimowa, Witiyana Marika and Sean Mununggurr. Directed by Stephen Johnson.

The journey of Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man orphaned in childhood. Gutjuk is recruited by a former soldier to track down the most dangerous outlaw in the territory — his uncle.

REVIEWS High Ground - Australia's cycle of violence

GLORIA BELL (2019)
Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Brad Garrett, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Rita Wilson, Sean Astin, Holland Taylor and Tyson Ritter. Directed by Sebastián Lelio.

Gloria is a free-spirited divorcee who spends her days at a straight- laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she suddenly finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.

REVIEWS Gloria Bell - A dazzling remake and a glorious performance

MORTAL ENGINES (2018)
Starring Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Ronan Raftery, Stephen Lang, Leila George, Jihae, Hugo Weaving, Colin Salmon, Sophie Cox and Caren Pistorius. Directed by Christian Rivers.

Thousands of years after civilisation was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy - who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London - finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw. Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.

REVIEWS Mortal Engines - A junkyard mess

CARGO (2018)
Starring Martin Freeman, David Gulpilil, Anthony Hayes, Caren Pistorius, Susie Porter and Simone Landers. Directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling.

Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected man desperately seeks a new guardian for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his own changing nature. Salvation may lie with an isolated Aboriginal tribe, but to gain access he must first earn the allegiance of a young Indigenous girl on a tragic quest of her own.

SLOW WEST (2015)
Starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, Rory McCann, Brooke Williams, Alex MacQueen, Kalani Queypo, Madeleine Sami and Tawanda Manyimo. Directed by John MacLean.

Set at the end of the 19th Century, 'Slow West' is an American western filtered through the eyes of European filmmaking. The story centres on 17 year old Jay Cavendish who has travelled from Scotland to Colorado to be reunited with the woman with whom he is infatuated. He is quickly confronted by the dangers of the frontier and so teams up with a mysterious traveller named Silas (Michael Fassbender), who agrees to protect him for cash. Jay's journey is fraught with danger, double-crossing and violence as he comes to realise that America is not easy on the innocent.

REVIEWS Slow West - The hypnotic western comes to Blu-ray
Slow West - A beautiful variation on the western